1917 DWM Arty question

DavidJayUden · 12-22-2012, 11:50 AM

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We'll need to wait a verdict from the professors, however IMHO there are some situations that can not be explained with 100% certainty. Possibly if one of our scholars had it in front of them with a good light they could give a definitive answer, but I doubt it.
To me it seems like sometimes there is a grey area in between collector Lugers and simple shooters. This game is not always so black and white. At least not to us newer collectors.
If that were my gun I would consider it a collector item and cherish it as such. If you go to sell it I'd tell prospective buyers about the uncertainty over the missing suffix, discount the price a bit and move on. But to define that gun as a shooter seems to not due it justice.
Hell, I've got more new parts than that gun does and I'm only half its age...
dju

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12-22-2012, 11:50 AM	#20
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	W: We'll need to wait a verdict from the professors, however IMHO there are some situations that can not be explained with 100% certainty. Possibly if one of our scholars had it in front of them with a good light they could give a definitive answer, but I doubt it. To me it seems like sometimes there is a grey area in between collector Lugers and simple shooters. This game is not always so black and white. At least not to us newer collectors. If that were my gun I would consider it a collector item and cherish it as such. If you go to sell it I'd tell prospective buyers about the uncertainty over the missing suffix, discount the price a bit and move on. But to define that gun as a shooter seems to not due it justice. Hell, I've got more new parts than that gun does and I'm only half its age... dju